Improvement in churn attachments



J. H. GRAY} GHURN ATTACHMENT.

P atented Feb. 20, 1877.

TN ssES ATTORNEYS.

nrrnn STATES IMPROVEMENT IN CHURN ATTACHMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 187,619, dated February20, 1877; application filed December 9, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. GRAY, 01 Washington, in the county ofWashington and State of Iowa, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Oh urn Attachments; and I do hereby declarethat thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawing,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

The figure of the drawing is a representation of a central verticalsection of my churn attachment.

The nature of this invention consists in the construction and attachmentof a conoidal churn-cap, whereby the milk, cream, or other liquid withina common dasher-churn is prevented from being splashed out of the top ofthe same, ashereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, A designates the upper part of thechurn-box of an ordinary vertically-operatin g dasher-churn; and Bdesignates the cover or top of the same, provided with a large centralopening, I). U designates an annular rim surrounding said open ing b onthe upper side of said cover, and attached thereto by means of tacks,screws, or

their equivalents, passing through a horizontal exterior annularbase-flange, C, which is made in one piece with said rim 0. D designatesa ring, which sets snugly within said annular rim G, and which isprovided on its upper edge with a horizontal exterior flange, D. Saidflange D is clasped by a bent attaching'flange, E, on the exterior ofthe base .of conoidal cap E. Said cap is open at the top, where itreceives the lower. end of funnel F, which is rigidly attached thereto.

Said funnel admits the cream or milk which is to be churned, and alsothe water to be used in cleansing the churn, while the conoidal cap Eprevents said liquids from being splashed out during the operation ofchurning.

If said churn-cap and attached parts are made sufficiently large indiameter, it may be set directly upon the top of the churnbox A,

discarding the cover B.

The said funnel F, conoidal cap E, and ring D maybe made of glass, tin,or any suitable substance. The attachment between said ring D andannular rim 0 may be made by means of an L-shaped slot in one of saidparts, and a headed stud in the other, or by means of any knownequivalent device, whereby the said parts may be locked together byturning said ring D in one direction, and unlocked by turning it in theother. The said cap and attachments constitute an independent article ofmanufacture and sale. Said cap may be made dome-shaped, instead ofconoidal.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The conoidal churn-cap E, provided with a funnel,}F, and bentattachingflange E, in combination with the ring D, having the exteriorhorizontal flange D, and the annular rim 0, having its upper edge bentover, and provided with a horizontal exterior'base-flange, O, forattachment to the churn-body, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. GRAY. Witnesses:

D. J. DEWEY, FRANK H. GRAVES.

